Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass reteam for the latest installment in the series about a CIA assassin with extreme memory loss. Up until a narratively implausible and logistically ridiculous climactic motorcycle chase through Vegas that feels like a sop to the Fast & Furious crowd, Jason Bourne is an engrossing reimmersion in the violent and mysterious world of Matt Damon's shadowy secret op. With director Paul Greengrass compulsively cutting the […]
In June, Led Zeppelin won a copyright lawsuit that claimed the band plagiarized the 1968 song “Taurus” by American rock band Spirit for the intro to “Stairway to Heaven.” The estate of Randy Wolfe, Spirit guitarist and vocalist, specifically claimed Led Zeppelin used the now deceased guitarist’s work in their 1971 hit. Since then, Led Zeppelin founding guitarist Jimmy Page has remained silent about the lawsuit, but earlier this week Page […]
You win or you die. That's been Game of Thrones' battle-cry since it began, and it's never been more true heading into season seven, as the war for the Iron Throne is officially underway now that Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) is finally heading to Westeros, Cersei (Lena Headey) is Queen after murdering an entire city, and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) has been declared King in the North. But who will be […]
Marni Nixon, the American cinema’s most unsung singer, died on Sunday in Manhattan. She was 86. Classically trained, Ms. Nixon was throughout the 1950s and ’60s the unseen — and usually uncredited — singing voice of the stars in a spate of celebrated Hollywood films. She dubbed Deborah Kerr in “The King and I,” Natalie Wood in “West Side Story” and Audrey Hepburn in “My Fair Lady,” among many others. […]
Starz says it has renewed Power, its New York-based drama starring Omari Hardwick and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, for two more seasons. Creator, executive producer and showrunner Courtney A. Kemp will return alongside executive producers Jackson, Mark Canton, Randall Emmett and Gary Lennon for the fourth and fifth seasons, confirmed Chris Albrecht, the cable network's president and chief executive officer. "In today's content landscape, it is challenging for a series […]
Prepare to be excited – the cast and crew of Game of Thrones have just unveiled a preview of 2017’s episodes. The eagerly anticipated Game of Thrones’ season seven is still a year away – but in the meantime this new teaser could be the perfect cure for your off-season blues. HBO has released the clip which shows the production team hard at work crafting the world of Westeros in […]
For all the superhero-on-superhero fights we've watched this year in films like Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War, there's one comic-book title bout that still takes the cake, and that's Marvel vs. DC. In one corner, we have the seemingly bulletproof Marvel Studios putting out one hit after another and showing Hollywood how a shared cinematic universe is done, while in the other corner, the […]
We’ve just about reached peak smartphone. Every premium handset out there is incredibly powerful, has a beautiful display and a pretty solid camera. So where do we go from here? If you’re Lenovo, you let the customer decide. That’s the idea behind the company’s new Moto Z and Moto Z Force. So rather than just being your “Pokémon Go” machine, the Moto Z can double as a mini projector or […]
The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl, a 1977 live album containing material from the Beatles' Hollywood Bowl concerts in Aug. 1964 and Aug. 1965, is coming back in an expanded release globally on Sept. 9 on CD and digital download for the first time, it was announced early today by the Beatles' Apple Corps' Ltd. and Universal Music Group. A 180-gram vinyl release will follow on Nov. 18. The new package, a companion release to […]
